Maples Sends Her Regrets To Gala Opening

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March 14, 1990|By New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Marla Maples has bowed out of attending the glitzy opening of Donald Trump's Taj Mahal casino and, in her first public statement on l'affaire Trump, said her invitation to the party had been ''blown out of proportion.''

''It has caused much pain for all those involved and for this Donald and I must each say we're sorry,'' Maples said in a handwritten statement.

Maples, who allegedly broke up The Donald's marriage to Ivana Trump, decided with Trump that she would not attend the April 5 gala in Atlantic City, N.J., said her agent, Chuck Jones.

A Trump spokesman confirmed the decision.

''Mr. Trump felt that at this point it wouldn't be the best thing for his family, and that's certainly the most important thing to him.''

Jones said Maples had a sequined designer dress ordered for the opening that she is still taking. ''It'll fit easily into her wardrobe,'' he said.